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Dragon Boat Festival 2014
13 Teams At River DunesAugust 12, 2014
A team of relatively young Marines – the Devil Dog Dragons – churns through the waters of Grace Harbor. Their competition – Oriental Dragon Masters and Deaton’s Draggin’ Tails – featured drummers, Nol Engel and Fran Deaton respectively, who were in their 80’s.
The Deaton’s Team paddles back to shore after a
Each of the four boats brought in for the races was used interchangably by the 13 teams. At the bow of each was a dragon head.
One did not survive an approach to the dock..
The decapitated dragon head was quickly retrieved from the water. Shortly after, a replacement head was affixed to the boat.
Posted Tuesday August 12, 2014 by Melinda Penkava
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